The corpus record — Latin

fraterculus

fraterculus · m

a little brother

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k

What it meant

frātercŭlus — Lewis & Short

frātercŭlus, i, m.dim.frater,

I a little brother.

I Lit.: unde fit, ut malim fraterculus esse Gigantis, i. e. of unknown parents. qs. sprung from the earth, Juv. 4, 98. —

II Transf. (acc. to frater, II. A.), a familiar appellation given to a friend: quam copiose laudatur Apronius a Timarchide ... Volo, mi frater, fraterculo tuo credas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155.

In the wild

fraterculus Juvenal, Saturae 1.4.98

Where it came from

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